I've never seen a motor inside a printer that is not a stepper. Stepper motors usually have four to six wires. Most newer printers have the four wire bipolar stepper motor, because they have the most power in the space they take up. Older printers tend to have six wire unipolar motors because they are a bit easier to drive, since they do not require an H-bridge.
You can google for the article "Jones on Stepping Motors", it should help you learn how these motors work.
If you happen to have a copy of "Building Robot Drive Trains" it has a very nice chapter on how to determine what type your motor is, which wires are which, and how to drive it.